Re: Linux kernels DoSable by file-max limit

[Jim Breton <jamesb-bugtraq () alongtheway com>]

On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 09:30:34PM -0400, Michal Zalewski wrote:
> And they can still most likely bypass your limit by putting something
> smart in their .procmailrc / .forward / .qmail, or in so many other ways.

One could use 'initscript' to plug many of those holes:

INITSCRIPT(5)  Linux System Administrator's Manual  INITSCRIPT(5)

NAME
       initscript - script that executes inittab commands.

SYNOPSIS
       /bin/sh /etc/initscript id runlevels action process

       When  the  shell  script  /etc/initscript is present, init
       will use it to execute the commands  from  inittab.   This
       script  can  be  used  to set things like ulimit and umask
       default values for every process.